Lawyers Squabble Over $81 Million in Fees for Tech Wage Suit

A four-year lawsuit over hiring practices in Silicon Valley has taken another unusual twist: a dispute between plaintiffs’ lawyers over dividing $81 million in proposed fees.

Joseph Saveri, one of the lead attorneys for 65,000 current and former tech workers, agreed to withdraw his fee request, which covered more than 2,000 hours of work and could have been worth more than $8 million. Saveri’s time sheets included entries for working 22.1 hours on Nov. 8, 2013 and for 18 minutes on March 1, 2014 to read a newspaper article.